Hews of the Week Bullets from Global and Local Events
Reports span evacuations in Varna adoption of gold currency in India to bail for City of Glasgow Bank director. Race results in London and Chicago, strikes in Oldham cotton industry, European elections, and disasters from San Salvador earthquakes to Vienna telegraph outages. Includes assassinations, robberies, and political shifts across nations.
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Turkey
Varna
India
John Stewart
City of Glasgow Bank
London
Corkey
Ennis
Chicago
Weston
Oldham
Senate
San Salvador
Bismarck
Count Rantzano
Schlcawig Holstein
Washington Notes Highlight Political Shifts and Local Perils
The report outlines a patchwork of political talk at a Clinton era meeting, noting party strength projections for the next House and Senate, and includes a grim accident at Cambria Works with a machine claim. It also recounts rail and postal topics and a sensational, non-graphic anecdote from a Chicago Journal item.
Tomb of A T Stewart Robbed in New York Cemetery
Grave robbers pried open the Stewart family vault at St Mark's churchyard near Second Avenue and Stuyvesant Street, lifting the slab and abducting the body between midnight and sunrise. Police, a judge, and a private watchman investigated. alarms and gates were altered while the scene drew crowds and sensational reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander T Stewart
Anders
Waruman
Bern
T Stuart
Wiilen
Thieses
A. T. Stewart
New York Cor
Chicago Tribune
Alexander T. Stewart
Old St. Mark's Churchyard
Second Avenue
Stuyvesant
East Eleventh Streets
Stuyvesant Street
Stewart
St Mark's
George W. Hammill
Judigo Halten
Healee
Wendy Pone
Judge Hilton
Phe
Sialpe
Weston
Hilton
Porwon
Tibet
Metropolitan Peelies
Trulia
Teddy
Ural
Stewert
Alana
Mas Stewart
Mir Stewart Bea
Kennington Bank
Philadelphia
Allan
Wilk
Rensrogten Bank
Third National Bank
Bidtamere
Qeenn Bank of
Wits
Shankart
Tovisten Bank of Boston
Walnipige
Wheelbarrow Man's Sonoma to San Francisco Odysseys
Albany carpenter R Lyman Potter, a widower with two children, begins a 3000 mile walk from Albany to San Francisco to wheel a wheelbarrow for charity. He faces hostile towns and dangers including gunfire and a near-fatal beating, while earning funds and attention from crowds of up to 15,000 in Mission Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisto Chronicle
Mission Street
Woodward's Gardens
Chronicle
R. Lyman Potter
Albany
Dove Street
Potter
O'Leary
Hat Apnl
Omaha
Bay Springs
Neh
Desperado
Ashhollow
Sacramento
Flo
Bnek
Nevada returns show Republican ticket leading in House and Senate
Telegraphed returns from the November elections dated March 9 indicate the state slate favored Republicans. The Congressional delegation stands at 12 Republicans and 6 Democrats with Greenback Becker and 7 Wisconsins. Legislature leans Republican with a strong majority. Senator Sharon denies report of resignation.
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Tate
Michigan
Minnesota
Poehler
Think Afissour
Congress
Nebraska
Aansax
New York
Thas
Conkling
United States Senate
New York City
Tammany Hall
Edward Cooper
Tammany Democrat
Connecticut
Legasisture
United
Meanahantta
Ben Butler
JOH
Lasopold Morre
Bouton
Uhede Faland
Ywpublicans
Canine New Mamypehire
Revudicans
Gosverner
Carmel Oe Ory
Belmont
Diatmet
Vermont
Remulang
Barlow
Cav
Devos
Alan Canry
Pieter Pate
Tistra Gs Berg Card Fey de Peeterary
Marne
Dyanis
Ais
Abaeas
Missouri
Repubblicans
Sharon
Nevada
Matarisy
Mwinol
Green Becker
New York Housing and Demographic Statistics Cited
The article notes 12 656 families in local colonies and details on dwelling types in New York state. It cites 598 013 wood, 94 294 duck, and 19 714 stone structures with many worth under 3 000, 14 000, or 0 per dwelling. It compares county and metropolis values and lists population and occupational figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolis
Census Snapshot Of New York Labor and Marriage Totals
The census lists 150000+ dry-laborers and counts for machinists coopers iron-foundry workers blacksmiths cabinetmakers printers cigarmakers painters carpenters boot makers and others, plus 50 903 clerks 40407 tailors 33476 milliners. It also records 1 776 015 married 2 672 813 unmarried 1343 divorced and 248 778 widows and widowers. only about one in forty five families had a wedding last year.
Hog cholera cure recipe and farm crop production notes
An article fragment cites a hog cholera remedy with poisonous tinctures and instructions to label the bottle Deadly Poison. It also records historical wheat yields across regions from 1449 to 1878, noting growth in the trans Mississippi belt and Atlantic coast production, with central belt trends incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M Price
Buffalo Grove
Trans Mississippi Belt
Atlantic Coast
Central Belt
Central belt grain output climbs to 160 million bushels
The report notes production rising from 44 million to 190 million bushels over 29 years. For 1878 the central belt is expected to reach about 160 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Belt
A Night with Edison in Scribner November
The piece portrays Thomas Edison as a tireless, single minded innovator at Menlo Park. He labors sixty hours straight to fix a printing machine and then rests, while overseeing experiments and chemical reactions with assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scribner
Edison
Newark
Snstanes
Wilton
Menlo Park
Tivett
Speer
Boston
Ted Dias
Las
Ian
Carter
Farmer’s Quiet Life Praised Amid Honest Work
A reflective portrait extols a farmer who shuns town fashions, cherishes land, and finds fulfillment in cattle, dogs, trees, and seasons. It lauds patient labor, simple joys, and the health of nature, urging readers to trust earnest tending of land and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dias
Ferminaige
Iron and Steel Rail Demand in the United States
The Director of the Bureau of Statistics notes rising iron and steel rail production and a surge in demand. Rail usage requires vast bar and billet supplies, with production increasing across five year spans and sustaining rail interests as railroad mileage and maintenance grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dini
Bureau of Statistics
Tron
Joos Tel
UF Poe
Ster
Ethiency
Peanut crop figures and a birds story from Warsaw Union
The dispatch notes Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina peanut production for the year ending September with declines from last year and a 401 crop estimate in 1874 79. It mentions shelled peanuts rising as a share of the crop and a farmer who killed a bird after finding four grains of wheat in its craw in a curious incident from the Warsaw Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Warsaw Union
Illinois items reveal farm yields and incidents across counties
A diverse Illinois roundup notes a Boose County farmer with 300 acres of broom corn, the Litchfield Board of Agriculture covering premiums, and incidents from Shaw's Point to Peoria. It records a fatality at Etna coal mine, a Peoria elevator fire with 100000 bushels lost, a car shop payroll of 10000 monthly, and a census count for Whitehall Township. It also mentions medical society meetings, a diphtheria outbreak, postal receipts in Chicago, theater and court notes, and Chicago packing totals reaching 4 593 000 hogs for the year ending Nov 1 with capacity for 60 000 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boose County
Litchfield Board of Agriculture
Pedria
L. C McMorrim
Lacon
Marshall County
Exaretts— Barnett
Shaw's Point
James Newgent
Rantoul
Lewia Sanders
Tur Phenix
Peoria
J R. Taylor
Rock Island
Wlatehall
Greene County
Jens Lavacne
Etna
Rock [Sland
Tur Trn-State Medical Society
Minow
Indiana
Kentucks
Springfield
Swax
Clinton
Tannars
Nalroel
Newltara
Galushe
State Board of Horticniture
Shite Agricultural Society
Spontelt
Dee
Chicago
Smaler Firme
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Ca Danieteld Gazette
Illinois
Vienna
Diaz
Mexico
Arctic
Geran
Nova Zembia
Latinown
Amen
Unin
Grant
Portugal
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M Pan de Cassagnac
Bombay
Khyber
Pase
Ameer Wall
Jelalatal
Tures
Constantinople
Hosaiea
Adamacople
St. Petersburg
Europe
Alps
Appenminon
Austria
Lech Ia
Oeath
Ar Hansen
Pian
Clarkwwaite
Vale
Hampton
Carina
Deadwood
Leon
Cheyenne
Deadweiad
Joseph Kuta
Kavannal
Meo
Cerre Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
St Louis
St. Louis, Mo
W .H. Anderson
Dallas County
Texsa
Wiliam Collins
Perthos
Dakota
Collins
Pee Tien Wien Agp
Door Tory
Phewey Reyd
Washington Notes
Cibanist
Peatitey
Salt Lake City
Peter
Doda
Brown & Co
Mt Tana
United German Bank of Baltimore
House of Representatives
Cambrim
Domnatown
Zelvin
Fermi
Saul
D Postoffice Department
Washington
Bass
Bank of
Laylatel Sutan
Northern Central Railroad
Ponwasivan
Clack Ferry
Aangle
Antrader
Folka
Chicago Journal
Aaiat
Hillsboro, NC
Sacee Lee
New Hampshire
Conmes Taut
New Jerney
Mennaylvetua Vw
Jawan
Marvn
Ninvinia
Liverpool
Purat
Thorty
England
Rowe
Rendam
Thrilling Adventure
Hans
Bse Cortyrn
Dieteta
Tas
Crete
Setaubwart
Siyptia Steel
Mersin Wright
Deer Brother
Briadlaugh
Beaconsfeld
Bopal
Lord Beaconafield
Lord Salisbury
Detroit
Bam
Khan
Grothet
Agamemnon
Achilles
Homer
Faria
Kattrond Building
Aurrotar
Belvidere
Clacage
Ab Attitedd
Gateier
Hanke
R WesSeby
Halla
Giarderain
Poiret
Foundlon
Eulyert
Peorne
Ima
Lodi
Jain
Tay Tatas
Polo
Miwissippi
Worthlunson Canty
Steplovsen
Charles Po Grondtine
Davenport
Viola
Dardothe
Try Pbnes
Strte
Decatur Mattoon
Southern Reetroad
Te Sernbery Pomotentians
Notenimre
Milan
Sturm
Grywend
Tay Ste Wes
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